How It Works
How does the ARTiFACTS platform work?
ARTiFACTS is configured to work seamlessly within the research ecosystem
ARTiFACTS
How are researchers using ARTiFACTS?
- To secure their pre-publication artifacts to the blockchain, protect their IP, grow their reputation and collaboration networks
- To draw upon the ARTiFACTS index of citations to pre-published and published research
- To interoperate with their commonly used research tools, software and information systems
Enterprise and community beneficiaries
Publishers identify emerging talent, disciplines and enrich value of their content
Funding organisations track outputs and impact
Universities and research organisations monitor, benchmark and report performance
Corporate R&D gains signal intelligence and access to experts
At its heart, ARTiFACTS maintains a distributed ledger and transaction engine that records a permanent, valid, and immutable chain of records for all scientific and academic research ‘transactions’ including citing (also known as attribution) transactions recorded onto the blockchain.
The ability to capture citing transactions is a unique and powerful requirement of scientific and academic research. This citation ability differentiates ARTiFACTS from general media blockchains.
ARTiFACTS’ proprietary (patent pending) ability to authoritatively and rigorously manage citations, artifact linkages, and ownership pre- or post-publication is unprecedented relative to current indexing, archiving, and researcher community solutions.
What are the benefits of using ARTiFACTS?
1Creator/Author
Creator/Author makes PoEs and citations through ARTiFACTS and popular research tools
Metadata captured by ARTiFACTS
2ARTiFACTS
Metadata, citations, and links are transacted to the Bloxberg ledger and added to the ARTiFACTS knowledge graph
API integrates within researcher’s tools and workflow
3Researcher
Researchers can readily find and cite artifacts through SEO and integrations with popular research tools
Metadata captured by ARTiFACTS
4ARTiFACTS
Dynamic citation and intelligent linking service maintains the provenance of files as they evolve
Access to current files, prior versions and related works
5Researcher
Accounts of the citing and cited researchers are updated in real-time
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1Author manuscript
Manuscript Submission
Peer review system alerts ARTiFACTS API of accepted manuscript
2ARTiFACTS
Artifacts metadata, citations, and links are packaged, with option for author to confirm
API transmits metadata package to publisher’s peer review system
3Publishing Platform
ARTiFACTS custom integrations
API enables subscriber access to citations and related artifacts
4Journal Portal
Dynamic citation and intelligent linking service
Access to real-time updates of usage and citations
1Faculty & Research Teams
ARTiFACTS creates a blockchain hash entry for research files and citations
API transmits metadata for research files to university systems
2University Systems
Institutional repository receives metadata updates of new research
API controls access permissions and transmits metadata with link to source files
3ARTiFACTS
Create custom views of research activity
Institutional profiles and analytics
4Research Administration
Dynamic updates of research work products, usage and citations
Trend and impact reporting